Mexico women's national rugby union team

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Mexico
Union Mexican Rugby Federation
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First colours
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Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current32 (as of 28 October 2024)
Highest31 (15 July 2024)
First international
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg27–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
(14 July 2024, RAN)
Biggest win
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg27–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
(14 July 2024, RAN)

The Mexico women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side that represents Mexico in Women's rugby union. They played their first international test against Trinidad and Tobago in 2024.

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History

Mexico competed at the 2023 RAN Women's Rugby Championship that was held in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] They played their first match against Jamaica on 12 July. They lost their opening match, but went on to record wins against the Cayman Islands, twice, and Trinidad and Tobago. [2]

First test

Mexico played their first-ever international test match on 14 July 2024 against Trinidad and Tobago at the 2024 RAN Women's Rugby Championship. [3] The match took place at FC Total, Querétaro in Mexico and was played for World Rugby Ranking points. [3]

Results summary

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Mexico internationals 2023-
OpponentFirst gamePlayedWonDrawnLostPercentage
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 20241100100%
Summary20241101100%

Results

Full internationals

WonLostDraw
TestDateOpponentFAVenueTournament
12024-07-14Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 270FC Total, Querétaro 2024 RAN Championship

Other matches

DateMexicoFAOpponentVenueTournament
2023-07-12 Mexico XV  Flag of Mexico.svg1012Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Mona Bowl, Kingston 2023 RAN Championship
2023-07-13 Mexico XV  Flag of Mexico.svg200Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Mona Bowl, Kingston 2023 RAN Championship
2023-07-14 Mexico XV  Flag of Mexico.svg712Flag of the United States.svg  USA South Mona Bowl, Kingston 2023 RAN Championship
2023-07-14 Mexico XV  Flag of Mexico.svg190Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Mona Bowl, Kingston 2023 RAN Championship
2023-07-16 Mexico XV  Flag of Mexico.svg1511Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Mona Bowl, Kingston 2023 RAN Championship

See also

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References

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  2. "Men's U19 & Women's 15s". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  3. 1 2 MacKinnon, Carly (2024-07-08). "Teams, Format, and Schedule Set for 2024 Rugby Americas North Men's U19s and Women's XVs Tournament". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 2024-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)